close to tears

They were in the next car, close to tears themselves.

Close to tears, I told him again he was the one.

She looked to me to be pretty close to tears.

For some reason he felt close to tears and had to turn away from her.

I have seen people close to tears as they own up to being over 50.

Reading this in the paper brought me close to tears.

Looking across the table I saw that he was close to tears.

Close to tears, even, when he calls to break the news.

She closed her eyes, feeling suddenly close to tears herself.

Never been so close to tears over the sport before.

He seemed close to tears and was fighting them back.

Her eyes finally met mine and she seemed close to tears.

His voice broke and I saw he was close to tears again.

She was close to tears and did not care that it showed.

He looked close to tears, his voice a little thick.

During the event he was close to tears, not even able to sit in the room.

George makes a speech and the little man is clearly close to tears himself.

"I come close to tears thinking about the case even now," said another lay judge.

Chris gets that red look around his eyes when he's close to tears.

She was a poor witness, close to tears much of the time.

Some are crying, others look close to tears, and no one is talking.

She has come close to tears during recent public appearances.

He is shaking and his wife seems close to tears.

I was close to tears as he told me the tale.